Improvement in check-guards for harness



"F. HOWARD. Bheck- Guard for Harness.

' No. 167,836. Y Patented Sept. 21,1875...v

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N.FETERS. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D C,

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIG'K HOWARD, OF HYDE PARK, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN'CHECK-GUARDS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 167,836, datedSeptember 21, 1875; application filed May 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HOWARD of Hyde Park, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Check-Guards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, that will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The same letters and figures of reference are used to indicate thecorresponding, parts.

After describing the invention, its nature and extent will be shown inthe claim.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my guard. Fig. 2 shows theguardfattached to the check-rein, and also to the hook in the saddle ofthe harness.

B is the hook in the A is the check-rein. saddle of the harness. O isthe looped end of the guard, which is fastened to the check-rein.

Having now fully described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Thecheck-guard, consisting of the vertical loop 0 for receiving thecheck-rein, and the horizontal loop E, containing the spring D, and alsoreceiving the saddle-hook B, as hereinbefore described, and for thepurposes set forth.

FREDERICK HOWARD. Witnesses:

GEORGE F. HOWARD, GHAs. E. WILLIAMS.

When the guard is attached to

